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Listen to our digital carillon music:

The Chime Master music library is the heart of our products. Decades of arranging and carefully recording each hymn by experienced church musicians has resulted in the best available music for automatic ringing.

A dynamic record of how the musician stroked the keyboard as they performed each song is permanently stored in our AX carillons (no MP3 files). For each song, appropriate arrangements for specific sizes of bell instruments are stored in permanent memory as virtual piano rolls. These arrangements trigger the playback of individual bell recordings in real time in a similar fashion as an old player piano.

Music Catalogs

Here are links to PDF file downloads for catalogs of music, hymns and bell ringing for each digital electronic carillon model.

Millennium and Platinum AX

Bravo AX

LX Carillon

LX Bell Control

Liturgical Ringing and Special Functions PDF

Legacy Products

Song Libraries, Liturgical Ringing, and Special Functions

SmartAlmanac^TM

SmartAlmanac^TM is our unique and proprietary feature that integrates the music library into our ringing systems. Thirty years after Chime Master debuted this feature, we are still the only company to offer true set-it-and-forget-it scheduling. Instead of scheduling specific songs or even seasonal music to play on certain dates, simply indicate at what times during the week you want music to play. The system will choose appropriate music for the current season from then on, every week, every season, every year.

SmartAlmanac's festival database includes either Western Gregorian or Eastern Orthodox holidays that move with Easter.

Music is grouped first into Sacred or Non-Sacred, then into Catholic, Protestant or Ecumenical, then into the appropriate season(s). When programming random selections, the user selects between Sacred and Non-Sacred. If the Marian season is enabled in the almanac setup menu, then Catholic selections play for the Sacred groups. When the Marian season is disabled, Protestant music will play.

Premium Management Suite support software allows you to configure your own personalized random play lists for each season. Simply drag and drop the music you want in the season's list or delete those you do not care to hear.

Multiple Arrangements

Advanced eXperience carillon libraries include up to five arrangements for each musical selection. These arrangements are automatically selected based on the user's settings in Advanced eXperience setup menus. With the selections available below, each arrangement type can have its own voice instrument selected (depending upon your model)

Chime with harp bells

When enabled the carillon will play two-part arrangements. These arrangements play the melody without harmony notes on the chime along with chordal and arpeggiated harmony on an harp bell instrument. The harp instrument may occasionally take the melodic solos as well.

Chime without harmony

You may also choose to play melody only selections.

Carillon arrangements

Simple - up to two octaves (available on Platinum)
Three Octave - (all models)
Five Octave - (Platinum and Millennium)

Selecting the five-octave carillon voice will play a suitable carillon arrangement. Most carillon selections are arranged in a traditional carillon performance style using stylistic variations and motifs to support the melody. Five-octave arrangements for the Platinum also have added sub-bourdon bass notes that are particularly stunning when our inSpire audio system is installed.

Three-octave arrangements do not have the ornate embellishments that many of the five-octave arrangements feature.

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-The Chime Master music library is the heart of our products. Decades of arranging and carefully recording each hymn by experienced church bell musicians has resulted in the best available music for automatic ringing.
+Listen to our digital carillon music:
+* [https://www.chimemaster.com/audition-platinum-ax Platinum AX]
+* [https://www.chimemaster.com/audition-millennium-ax Millennium AX]
+* [https://www.chimemaster.com/audition-bravo-ax Bravo AX]
-A dynamic record of how the musician stroked the keyboard as they performed each song is permanently stored in [[Millennium_Carillon|Millennium]] and [[Platinum_Carillon|Platinum]] carillons. For each song, appropriate arrangements for specific sizes of bell instruments are stored in permanent memory as virtual piano rolls. These arrangements trigger the playback of individual bell recordings in real time in a similar fashion as an old player piano.
+The Chime Master music library is the heart of our products. Decades of arranging and carefully recording each hymn by [[Music_staff|experienced church musicians]] has resulted in the best available music for automatic ringing.
-Music is stored in the [[Six-SS_Carillon|Six-SS]] carillon as a media recording called a track. These audio tracks are created using a special studio prototype of the Platinum carillon and a recording computer that captures the performance completely in the digital domain, eliminating the noise and distortion caused by analog converters.
+A dynamic record of how the musician stroked the keyboard as they performed each song is permanently stored in our AX carillons (no MP3 files). For each song, appropriate arrangements for specific sizes of bell instruments are stored in permanent memory as virtual piano rolls. These arrangements trigger the playback of individual bell recordings in real time in a similar fashion as an old player piano.
-* [https://www.chimemaster.com/electronic-carillons#music Listen to our digital carillon music]
+== Music Catalogs ==
+Here are links to PDF file downloads for catalogs of music, hymns and bell ringing for each digital electronic carillon model.
+===Millennium and Platinum AX===
+* [[Media:Chime Center - Library Platinum & Millennium 220426.pdf|Song Library PDF]]
+* [[Media:PAX MAX Ringing and Special Functions Sheet.pdf|Liturgical Ringing and Special Functions PDF]]
+* [[Millennium_AX#Library_Upgrades|Add-On Volumes]]
+===Bravo AX===
+* [[Media:Bravo AX Music Catalog.pdf|Song Library PDF]]
+* [[Media:Bravo AX Ringing and Special Functions Sheet.pdf|Liturgical Ringing and Special Functions PDF]]
+* [[Bravo_AX#Library_Upgrades_and_Add-on_bundles|Bravo Upgrade Volumes & Additional Add-On Volumes]]
+===LX Carillon===
+* [[Media:LX Carillon Music Catalog.pdf|Song Library PDF]]
+* [[Media:LX Ringing and Special Functions Sheet.pdf|Liturgical Ringing and Special Functions PDF]]
+===LX Bell Control===
+* [[Media:LX BC Liturgical Ringing and Special Functions.pdf|Liturgical Ringing and Special Functions PDF]]
+===Legacy Products===
+* [https://help.chimemaster.com/index.php?title=Category:Legacy_Products Song Libraries, Liturgical Ringing, and Special Functions]
 == SmartAlmanac<sup>TM</sup> ==
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 Premium Management Suite support software allows you to configure your own personalized random play lists for each season. Simply drag and drop the music you want in the season's list or delete those you do not care to hear.
-== Catalog of Music ==
+== Multiple Arrangements ==
-Here are links to PDF file downloads for catalogs of music, hymns and bell ringing for each digital electronic carillon model.
+Advanced eXperience carillon libraries include up to five arrangements for each musical selection. These arrangements are automatically selected based on the user's settings in [[Musical_style_preference_AX|Advanced eXperience setup menus]]. With the selections available below, each arrangement type can have its own voice instrument selected (depending upon your model)
-=== Millennium and Platinum ===
+=== Chime with harp bells ===
+When enabled the carillon will play two-part arrangements. These arrangements play the melody without harmony notes on the chime along with chordal and arpeggiated harmony on an [[harp bells| harp bell]] instrument. The harp instrument may occasionally take the melodic solos as well.
-* [[Media:11555-MillenniumPlatinum-Music.pdf|Music and Bell Ringing Catalog]]
+=== Chime without harmony ===
+You may also choose to play melody only selections.
-=== Six-SS Chime and Harp ===
+=== Carillon arrangements ===
+* Simple - up to two octaves (available on Platinum)
-* [[Media:11605f-SixSSC-Std-Music.pdf|Standard Library]] - for Catholic and most Lutheran churches
+* Three Octave - (all models)
-* [[Media:11606f-SixSSC-Protestant-Music.pdf|Protestant Library]] - for Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches
+* Five Octave - (Platinum and Millennium)
-* [[Media:11607f-SixSSC-General-Music.pdf|General Library]] - for Courthouses and Universities
-=== Six-SS Cast Bell ===
-* [[Media:11608f-SixSSB-Standard-Music.pdf|Standard Library]] - for Catholic and most Lutheran churches
-* [[Media:11609f-SixSSB-Protestant-Music.pdf|Protestant Library]] - for Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches
-=== Ethnic Additions ===
-Orthodox churches may or may not wish to mix their music in with the standard library. For this reason, we download a custom Group-9 Almanac to the system prior to shipment. If the customer has the Management Suite, she may further customize this random group. Currently available ethnic Group-9 Almanac files are Spanish, Polish, Greek, Ukrainian and Byzantine.
-Ethnic music addendum sheets are shipped with these systems.
-== Multiple Arrangements ==
-Millennium and Platinum carillons are loaded with up to three arrangements for each selection. With the [[harp bells]] voice turned on, the carillon will always play two part arrangement which can have melodic solos on the harp. When a user selects a preferred bell voice without the harp a special arrangement will be used to play the chime only. This arrangement does not have the harp part in it at all, and may or may not include some harmony bells played on the chime. Selecting a five-octave carillon voice will play a suitable carillon arrangement.
+Selecting the five-octave carillon voice will play a suitable carillon arrangement. Most carillon selections are arranged in a traditional carillon performance style using stylistic variations and motifs to support the melody. Five-octave arrangements for the Platinum also have added sub-bourdon bass notes that are particularly stunning when our inSpire audio system is installed.
-These arrangements are automatically selected based on the user's settings in [[Settings_MS2201#Seasonal_Options|Seasonal]] and [[Keyboard Voices|Voicing Preferences]].
+Three-octave arrangements do not have the ornate embellishments that many of the five-octave arrangements feature.
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